Banse-Fay internship awardee is senior Colin Chauche
 Eric Hadley, left, operations manager and technical director for Rockefeller Arts Center, presents the 2010-11 Jurgen P. Banse-Fay Production Management Internship Award to Colin Chauche, a senior BFA Lighting Design major, at SUNY Fredonia. |
The ninth annual Jurgen P. Banse-Fay Production Management Internship Award at the Michael C. Rockefeller Arts Center has been presented to Colin Chauche, a senior BFA Lighting Design major at the State University of New York at Fredonia.
Mr. Chauche will serve his internship during the 2010-11 Lake Shore Savings Season. The recognition also carries a cash award of $1,100.
The internship was established in memory of Jurgen P. Banse-Fay, a member of the SUNY Fredonia Class of 1988 and Rockefeller Arts Center’s operations manager and technical director from 1991 to 1999. Mr. Banse-Fay died in 2001 at the age of 35.
The Jurgen P. Banse-Fay Production Management Internship is given annually to a junior or senior on Rockefeller Arts Center’s student technical staff who best exemplifies the work ethic, professionalism and friendly disposition displayed by Mr. Banse-Fay during his years at SUNY Fredonia. The award is made possible by Rockefeller Arts Center’s largest endowment, held and managed by the Fredonia College Foundation.
Eric Hadley, operations manager and technical director for Rockefeller Arts Center, said Mr. Chauche was the clear choice for the award.
“Colin’s easy going demeanor, coupled with his tireless work ethic, really exemplifies what the Jurgen P. Banse-Fay Production Management Internship Award is all about,” Mr. Hadley said. “It’s a privilege to work with such a talented, goal-driven young theatre student. Colin is going to go far.”
Mr. Chauche is the assistant technical director and the light shop supervisor for Rockefeller Arts Center. During the 2009-10 season, he was the scenic and lighting designer for the Department of Theatre and Dance production of “Electra” and the lighting designer for “Charlotte’s Web.”
He is also the technical representative for the Performing Arts Company and the vice chair of Fredonia’s student chapter of the United States Institute for Theatre Technology.
This past summer, Mr. Chauche served as the assistant designer at St. Norbert Music Theatre in Green Bay, Wis., and as an electrician at the Gateway Playhouse in Bellport, N.Y.
